4.3 Working with Appliances

Individual Forge appliances, when added to the PlateSpin Forge Management Console, are represented by cards.

Figure 4-2 Forge Appliance Card

A card displays basic information about the Forge appliance, such as:

Hyperlinks on each card allow you to navigate to that particular appliance’s Workloads, Reports, Settings, and Tasks pages. There are also hyperlinks that allow you to edit a card’s configuration or remove a card from the display.

4.3.1 Adding Appliances

Adding an appliance results in a new appliance card on the PlateSpin Forge Management Console’s dashboard.

NOTE:When you log in to the PlateSpin Forge Management Console on a Forge appliance, that appliance is not automatically added to the console. As with other Forge appliances in your network, the resident Forge appliance must also be manually added to the console.

To add an appliance to the console dashboard:

  1. On the console’s main dashboard, click Add Appliance.

    The Forge Management Console - Add/Edit Appliance page is displayed.

  2. Specify the URL of the Forge Management VM in the Enter Forge URL field.

    You can use either http or https.

  3. Optionally, enable the Use Management Console Credentials check box to use the same credentials as those used by the console. When selected, the console automatically populates the Domain\Username field.

  4. In the Domain\Username field, specify a Domain and Username valid for the appliance you want to add to the console.

  5. Specify a password in the Password field that is associated with the Username entered in Step 4.

  6. (Optional) Specify an identifying name in the Display Name field.

    There is a 15-character limit.

  7. (Optional) In the Location field. specify where the Forge appliance is located.

    There is a 20-character limit.

  8. (Optional) In the Notes field, specify any additional information about the appliance. .

    Information in the Notes field is not shown on the card. There is a 400-character limit.

  9. Click Add/Save.

    A new appliance card is added to the dashboard.

4.3.2 Editing Appliance Information

You can modify the details of a managed Forge appliance.

  1. Click the Edit hyperlink on the card to be edited..

    The Forge Management Console - Add/Edit Appliance page is displayed.

  2. Make any desired changes, then click Add/Save.

    The updated console dashboard is displayed.

4.3.3 Removing Appliances

You can remove a Forge appliance from the console dashboard.

  1. Click the Remove hyperlink on the card you want to remove.

    A confirmation prompt is displayed.

  2. Click OK.

    The individual appliance card is removed from the dashboard.